HEY EVERYONE LISTEN UP ABOUT WINDOWS VISTA

Hi Sonny, this "thread" is about Microsoft Vista. You have many separate issues that you have brought up. I know how you feel though. When I first got into computing, I bought all the marketing hype that shows families with giant smiles and personal computing made life so wonderful in all their advertising. Then you actually begin to get into computing and find it is not as simple as pushing a button. My advice to you is to take your questions and break them down into simplistic, individual inquiries and post them on the issue specific "forums" (see top of this page is Windows Vista Forum) Post your questions on the appropriate forums and you will get all the help you need. You seem to have a good understanding already so it shouldn't take long for you to resolve your issues. I personally had a hard time reading this particular post because of your lack of punctuation and Caps at the beginning of sentences, as well as too many questions coming at us all at once. Goodluck, Badluck. No pun intended.

I would like to help, but I found myself getting lost reading your post due to the lack of capitalization, punctuation, and spacing. If you would, please try to uses those three keys to making your messages easier to read and understand...you'll receive far more replies if you do.

John

under administrative tools what is the event viewer? If you open up the tree's there is a folder called microsoft and there are alot of folders. But when you open that event viewer folder is all that being logged? If so how do you delete them or turn it off/can youthanks just currious

The Event Viewer can give you a log of a list of events, ranging from logon attempts to failed software installations and system crashes. I don't believe it logs the opening of Event Viewer by default, though. Personally I would recommend against disabling the logging as it can be extremely useful when troubleshooting problem that occur, both for you and any technician, but you can stop it by disabling the services Windows Event Collector and Windows Event Log.

Hope this helps,
John

Those logs can be very informative when problems occur.

Hope this helps.

Grif

The net isn't Orwellian or THX it's wild wild west or medieval realm

Vista is a great operating system and works very fast. BUT..., you must run software specifically designed FOR Vista. This especially includes OEM hardware installation CD's. ...Look for the Vista design Logo on the front or side of the CD and/or hardware packing box. This, of course, assumes your new computer is a name brand PC with Vista already installed and ready to be run for the first time.

Don't attempt to install Vista yourself unless you're prepared to undergo a grueling over-the-phone license verification process.

>Trublu

[quote]Vista is a great operating system and works very fast.[/quote]

Yeah... if you have a fast processor and 1GB of RAM. Otherwise, it's slower than slow molasses in winter. Last I looked, most home users had less than 1GB in RAM, quite a few even less than 512MB, and a lot of them had slow crappy P4s, cos they bought the Intel hype just like they have in the past and are buying now Microsoft's.

[quote]This, of course, assumes your new computer is a name brand PC with Vista already installed and ready to be run for the first time.[/quote]

Precisely. Shell out $$ not only for the new operating system, but for the hardware to run it on. A bit like having to buy a new car in order to be able to install a nice steering wheel or set of tyres.

[quote]Don't attempt to install Vista yourself unless you're prepared to undergo a grueling over-the-phone license verification process.[/quote]

And why should I be? I paid good money for the "license to use" the software, I should be able to use it on my machine if it meets the system requirements and if it's accordance with the license terms - which in themselves are a joke on the paying public.

Arrrgh mate. The Plank. Good thinking. I like your use of the term Microslut. Very true. It upsets me that they are selling this preinstalled in systems that are incapable of using this with any decent level of performance. I think that speaks volumes of Microslut and the entire industry as a whole. I build my own PCs, and will not use VISTA ever. Refer to the article, "Switching to LINUX". That will be my path from now on. I currently have enough XP compatible software to last through our current generation of technology. A BIG SUGGESTION for my MS hating friends out there; go to this website and download any utility that you may think you'll ever need. It is legit. www.thefreecountry.com It has lots of freeware that is very, very good and best of all XP compatible. This should get you through for a while.

Blaming the OS because lame hardware manufacturers like emachines are installing it on inadequate hardware and bundling it with incompatible software? Get a grip!

I wouldn't say it's farfetched. You probably have money so it's no big deal to you, but I have many friends co-workers and relatives who are not able to spend a great deal of money on things other than basic necessities. I'm sorry for those who are not tech savvy enough to understand that an emachine is crap. I'm sorry for those who go to a wally world and pick up an emachine with a "LICENSED" copy of VISTA ... ATTACHED to that exact HARDWARE CONFIG. When I build OEM, the activation numbers are an exact match to the HARDWARE that is one and the same as the PC, right from the motherboard on up the component list. NOW, print this, roll it up, and put it in your pipe. WHY? Because Mircosoft does not have to allow their software to be placed on any machine that they do not wish it to be placed on, hence the MS activation process.

Igiveup2. Also, I would like to add that if you've ever struggled to make ends meet, and saved pennies to purchase something that was sold as a certain bill of goods, only to find that it doesn't work as advertised and you no longer have the funds to correct the issue or the tech savvyness to fix it, then you can understand why it is important to some folks that someone may just be concerned enough to watch their backs. You could call it a new type of security, like let's say, "Windows Defender", oh that's being used, ummm. A 54 billion dollar man could probably come up with a solution, oh he can't either, ummm. Well the c|net forums can help a little and here we are. By the way, I live in the communist state of Maine, and there is little money here but we care about each other.

Compatibility is still the manufacturer's responsibility. Sorry.

The point here is not that the machine vendors are doing this....get a clue. Here is an example-you decide how YOU would handle this:

Dell (pick a vendor) is presented with an ultimatum-pay when MS releases new OS, as of big release date pay $XX for each PC loaded the latest or pay $XX + $40 for loading it with old OS. Multiply by 1 million machines! What would you do?

Microslut has been PROVEN to do this kind of thing-what don't you get? It's not an "Alien conspiracy" -see later moronic post-it's a real and persistent problem! I for one choose to vote with my feet-I'll leave Vista to the sheeple.....

Masterworx, I'm on your side in this debate. I was just pointing out one facet of the many cons associated with Microslut, as you call the giant.
Of all the ways that this new OS has impacted people, (friends, co-workers, and relatives) the idea that you can buy a machine with the latest and greatest OS in history, then unpack this new machine with great expectations, only to have it barely running, is a crime. It is criminal. This may be another thread but Igiveup2 posted elsewhere that if you want to support a monopoly then everyone buy Apple, because in that example there is only one machine builder, and the lack of competition is what creates a problem. Ummmm, Igiveup2, a question if I may. Where is Microsluts competition? Thanks in advance for your answer. +FORGIVEN+ I won't even address the moron with the aluminum helmet, because as long as he is okay, that's all that matters.

Unless you know for a fact that XP OEM costs $40 more than Vista OEM, you're just sucking things out of your thumb. Dell is also developing support for Linux/Unix. Is MS forcing them to do that, too?

Competition is good. It will be interesting to see if Linux makes a run on MS's dominance. I wish Linux users well and I may become one someday. But for now, the Vista that came with my laptop is just fine and I see no reason to choose an OS just to be "politically correct" any more than I see a reason for satisfied XP users to switch.

You say, "competition". Then you say, "politically correct". ?????
You have a choice as you are an advanced PC user. Novices, and newbies don't have a choice because they don't even know LINUX exists. They know Apple exists as competition, but as you say, "ONE machine maker is not good for competition". So why can't we at least say something negative about VISTA. If anyone is trying to censure it's you. We have objections to the largest business in the history of mankind, and then we get told by you to "get a grip".? WOW.

Last post, not wasting my time with Igiveup2, because he doesn't give up.

And to protect myself, whenever I'm using my Vista OS I'll wear a tinfoil helmet to keep Bill Gates from beaming mind control radio signals into my brain! Everybody should do that! Have you got yours? Resist! Join the rebellion of the vendors! Lagging on compatibility and alienating their customer base is a great way to teach Bad Billy Boy a lesson!

I have 2.8ghz, 1mb and I had a smooth instalation. I like it so much on my desktop, i'm going to buy a new laptop so that it can run Vista. I have run several operating systems in the past, such as Red Hat, BeOS, Ect. This is one of the best. since it's similar, to OS10 I like it more. Cheaper than buying a Mac, same user freindly enviroment. I deal with numbers all day long and type all day long; when i come home i want to boot my computer, play my game, talk to freinds, ect. in a nice GUI enviroment that is pleasing to the eye and not prone to failure, which i have not had any trouble with it so far.

What are you talking about? You didn't say what processor, just the speed. You also can't buy 1mb of anything. If you are not going to give proper specs, then don't disagree with someone who gave precise specs. You do not know what you are talking about and lack true passion on the subject as well.

Enjoy your intellectual triumph. And they were agreeing, not disagreeing. If you want passion, go to the opera. We're just trying to figure stuff out here.

After paring down the startup programs, RAM use is less than 750MB on the web. Google Desktop is a RAM hog that duplicates a lot of Vista features.